Everything is a turned up a notch - the bright candy-coloured set design, musical soundtrack and old school slap-stick. It is a sensory overload with a few topical Donald Trump/Brexit jokes and a cockney fairy thrown in for good measure.

A riotous Pokémon Go inspired game – called Pokerat Go - causes mayhem and much excitement. In a bid to remove rats which have overrun London, Idle Jack asks children in the audience to throw orange sponge Pokeballs whenever they see a rat.

You couldn’t help feeling sorry for poor unsuspecting dad Kieran. Sat on the very back row of the theatre he clearly was not expecting to steal the limelight at the Belgrade’s latest Christmas panto. Every year members of the audience secretly nominate a special someone for the infamous panto ‘slosh’ scene.

But Kieran was to become an integral part of the plot - to his sheer disbelief and the audience’s great amusement.

Lauchlan’s energetic production succeeds in getting even the youngest members of the audience perched on the edge of their seats in wide-eyed delight or screaming at the top of their voices.

Next Christmas it’s Cinderella. Already my seven-year-old is asking if we can book tickets…